Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-02-15
LUCK FOR DAVENPORT.
Will be Located Across the River
Rock Islands Indifference.

Rock Islands Indifference.
All present indications point to Dav-
export as the site selected by the c., R
l. & P. for the location of its new car
shops. A conference of Davenport citi
gems and President Cable and Vice Pres
ident Kimball was held at Davenport
Sunday, when the following terms of
subscription were assented to by Prcsi
dent Cable and Vice President Kimbsll:
We, the subscribers hereby agree TO
pay upon demand, the sum set opposite
our respective Iames to +. Ii. Hancock.
\. Kubnen, W. G. Wadsworth, g. IL.
French and Robt. Krause. as trustees for
the following purposes and upon the foi~
lowing conditions viz:
The money hereby subscribed is 10 be
applied to the purchase from the recent
owners of that part of block seventy one
On in the city of Davenport, Iowa, lying
between LeClaire and Iowa streets and
between Fifth street aud the alley run
ming through said block from east to
west. Said premises to be hereafter
decided by said trustees to the Chicago,
Rock Island & Pacific Railway COM
pany for the erection thereon or use
in connection with, shops for the build
ing aud repairing Of engines, cars and
railroad machinery. Said trustees are
hereby authorized TO make and deliver a
CONVEYANCE of SAID real estate whenever
said railway company shall enter into an
agreement with them. that within twelve
(l2l months from the date of said deed il
will increase the capacity OF its present
shops by the enlargement of the present
buildings and the erection Of new build
ings on said premises in Il manner and to
an extent satisfactory to the said trustees.
not less than double the present working
capacity. Such conveyance to provide
that in case the railway company shall
cease for period of twelve months al
any time within twenty years from the
date of said conveyance to occupy said
shops in which mechanics shall be en-
ployed in building OF repair OF engines,
cars or railroad machinery, the amount
of money paid for said premises by sub
scribeIs hereto shall be refunded and paid
by said railway company to said trustees.
In case said amount, so paid. shall be
refunded to said trustees, they shall return
it pro rata to the subscribers hereto. But
in the event of the injury or destruction
of said shops, the railway company shall
have a reasonable time to build or repair,
which time shall not be reckoned as
part of said twelve months; and in case
the operation of said shops shall at any
time be interfered with By any strike or
strikes, the time lost shall not be reCkoned
as part of said twelve months.
Mr.. KImbsll repeated what he had said
before, that the company was not asking
Davenport for the donation of the prop
erty aud streets for shops, there vas al
together too much competition for them
10 ask any locality fnT donations for the
purpose; nevertheless the COMPANY would
accept the property and 60 ahead and
erect the buildings.
The following plans for the new shops,
as prepared BY Engineer Brayton, were
presented;
Machine shop, 1872 feet lonE I0I feet
" ide aud two stories high.
a CIR shop lB4 feet iou-, 100 ct wide
and two stories high.
An uphoiStering and paint shop, 12G
feet long and - feet wide
All these buildings to b. of brick and
stone.
These are the buildings which viii lie
erected this yu4r-
If the Rock Island route has decide!
as the above would indicate, and this
great property is lost To Rock Island, the
citizens eau blame 10 one but themselves
Mr. Cable would have been glad to see
the shops IN Rock Island, but the cons
pauy would not ask to locate them here
II has not been the fault of the local
press that Rock Island has not succeeded
For weeks scarcely Il dag has passed that
the ARGUS has not called attention to
this matter, and urged immediate action
on the part Of our citizens What good
have these ehtreatics done? They have
been treated with Indifference! A golden
opportunity has been allowed to pass by.
and neighboriug city, with not half the
advantages that Rock Island mas, will
crow, because it was awake while Rock
Island slept The early bird catches the
worm.